Nope, I work in STEM but not IT nor software.
I'm a serial hobbyist and actively pursue projects outside the scope of my job and education background.
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| NUC | Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers |
| Plex | Brand of media server package |
| RPi | Raspberry Pi brand of SBC |
| SBC | Single-Board Computer |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
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I started self-hosting a music server locally on a Raspberry Pi long before I switched careers to go into IT. I actually learned a lot that way.
Sound designer here. I always liked to tinker with digital stuff, and while I think %90 of the self hosted apps must’ve been simple .EXEs, I’m having fun setting them up around.
I don't work in IT at all. My self hosting journey started when I got sick of feeling powerless in the face of big tech companies who are increasingly ripping off customers or violating their right to privacy. There's also the general mistrust that comes from my data being repeatedly breached or leaked because share holder profits are more important than investing in basic security.
Warehouse worker who self hosts stuff here.
It all started when I was a teenager and I lost access to my photobucket account...
I have no formal IT education. But I grew up on computers when command line was how you got things done.